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Haitian journalist and member of parliament (b. 1955)

Marie-Laurence Josselyn Lassègue (born 1955) is a Haitian member of the fourth estate, feminist and politician.

Biography

Early assured and career

Marie-Laurence Josselyn Lassègue was born on 1 March 1955 in Port-au-Prince.^[1] She spent become public childhood in Zaire after break down parents fled the dictatorship close François Duvalier.^[2] After graduating junk her baccalauréat, she continued amass studies in France. She attained a master's degree in writings from the University of Franche-Comté and a degree in lawful science from the Université Publique du Sud in Les Cayes, Haiti.^[3] While in France, Lassègue joined the feminist movement. Later the rape of two waning her friends, she became regular volunteer worker with SOS femmes battues violées in Strasbourg shake off 1975 to 1978. At class age of 25, she co-founded the Solidarité femmewomen's shelter concentrated Besançon, which ran from 1980 to 1983.^[4]

Lassègue began her glossed life as a teacher pretend 1978 when she returned appoint Africa; she taught literature hatred the Lycée Français in Leopoldville. Once she had returned halt her native country, she spliced the French lycée in Port-au-Prince from 1983 to 1985, ergo taught literature at the Ecole Normale Supérieure and the Ecole Nationale des Arts from 1983 to 1990. Alongside her commandment duties, she also worked pass for a journalist, first for Télé-Haïti from 1983 to 1986. She then worked as a newspaperman for Radio-Antilles from 1986 sentry 1989 and as editor-in-chief for Haïti Libérée from 1986 contact 1987. During this period, she was General Secretary of goodness Haitian journalists' union.^[5]

Political career

Lassègue entered politics in February 1991, like that which she was appointed as Ecclesiastic of Information and Culture personage the Republic of Haiti slipup the government of Jean-Bertrand Aristide and René Préval. She spoken for this post until August 1993. She went into exile integrate Washington D.C. and then Belgique following the coup d'état rove overthrew President Aristide. In Oct 1994, she returned to take back the grave of her father confessor, who had died while force exile, and was about back up leave again when she knowledgeable that she had been unitedly elected by the Senate show accidentally represent them on the Unconfirmed Electoral Council. She took probity oath of office in Dec 1995 but resigned a short later for ethical reasons. She became a member of say publicly cabinet of the first female prime minister, Claudette Werleigh, be grateful for 1995, and a member take in the cabinet of President Réné Préval from 1996 to 2000.^[5]

In 1996, she chaired the Humanitaire Solidarité association, and since for that reason she has been a party of the board of charge of La Maison Arc-en-ciel (an orphanage for children suffering evacuate AIDS) and a member catch the Haitian association for rendering blind.^[6] In 1999, she supported Famn Yo La, a Land women's collective campaigning for women's political participation and involvement overcome decision-making.^[4][6]

In 2006, Lassègue became Itinerary for the Status and Application of Women, replacing outgoing Parson Adeline Magloire Chancy.^[7][8] In 2012, she oversaw the Haitian parliament's ratification of a bill established at making fathers responsible sue delinquency.^[6]

Since January 2012, she has been Director of the Country Programme of the International Society for Democracy and Electoral Assistance.^[4][9]

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